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| EU and Iran go into nuclear talks | EU and Iran go into nuclear talks |
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| Iran's top nuclear negotiator has begun talks with the European Union's foreign policy chief on Iran's controversial nuclear programme. | |
| Ali Larijani met Javier Solana in the German capital, Berlin, as the EU and other states press Iran to give up work to enrich uranium. | |
| Incentives are being offered to Iran to halt what some in the West believe is a bid to acquire nuclear weapons. | Incentives are being offered to Iran to halt what some in the West believe is a bid to acquire nuclear weapons. |
| Threatened with UN sanctions, Iran says it wants only peaceful nuclear power. | Threatened with UN sanctions, Iran says it wants only peaceful nuclear power. |
| In New York, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran was optimistic about the negotiations with the Europeans. | In New York, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran was optimistic about the negotiations with the Europeans. |
| "Since there is an atmosphere of understanding between Iran and Europe, we can be optimistic on the results of the meeting," he was quoted as saying by Iranian state television. | "Since there is an atmosphere of understanding between Iran and Europe, we can be optimistic on the results of the meeting," he was quoted as saying by Iranian state television. |
| EU hopes | EU hopes |
| If Iran does not suspend enrichment, the US and the so-called EU3 - France, Germany and the UK - have agreed to ask the UN Security Council to impose sanctions. | If Iran does not suspend enrichment, the US and the so-called EU3 - France, Germany and the UK - have agreed to ask the UN Security Council to impose sanctions. |
| Iran missed a Security Council August deadline to halt enrichment. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad maintains Iran has a right to a nuclear programme. | Iran missed a Security Council August deadline to halt enrichment. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad maintains Iran has a right to a nuclear programme. |
| China and Russia, two permanent members of the Security Council, are opposed to sanctions. | China and Russia, two permanent members of the Security Council, are opposed to sanctions. |
| Wednesday's meeting was part of efforts to reach "a diplomatic solution to the dispute about the Iranian nuclear programme", Martin Jaeger, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry, told reporters. | Wednesday's meeting was part of efforts to reach "a diplomatic solution to the dispute about the Iranian nuclear programme", Martin Jaeger, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry, told reporters. |
| "We hope very much that it will be a successful meeting," he added. | "We hope very much that it will be a successful meeting," he added. |